College and Career Ready: Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and work College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high schools are doing. <ul>
<li>Includes clear guidelines for high school faculty to adapt their programs of instruction in the direction of enhanced college/career readiness</li> <li>Provides practical strategies for improving students' content knowledge and academic behaviors </li> <li>Offers examples of best practices and research-based recommendations for change</li> </ul>
 The book considers the impact of behavioral issues-such as time management and study habits-as well as academic skills on college readiness.

Education & Teaching

Conley, David T.

Schools & Teaching

John Wiley&Sons

College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready

Although more and more students have the test scores and transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once they get there. These students are surprised to find that college coursework demands so much more of them than high school. For the first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively, document assertions, solve non-routine problems, apply concepts, and accept unvarnished critiques of their work. College Knowledge confronts this problem by looking at the disconnect between what high schools do and what colleges expect and proposes a solution by identifying what students need to know and be able to do in order to succeed. 
The book is based on an extensive three-year project sponsored by the Association of American Universities in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts. This landmark research identified what it takes to succeed in entry-level university courses. Based on the project's findings - and interviews with students, faculty, and staff - this groundbreaking book delineates the cognitive skills and subject area knowledge that college-bound students need to master in order to succeed in today's colleges and universities. These Standards for Success cover the major subject areas of English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languages, and the arts.

Jossey-Bass

Test Preparation

College & High School

Are You Ready to Restructure?: A Guidebook for Educators, Parents, and Community Members

Designed for those seriously considering fundamental change in their schools, this book includes material of interest not only to education boards, administrators and teachers but also to parents, students and community members. Topics explored include: the definition of restructuring; reasons to restructure; and how restructuring affects the curriculum, the classroom and the respective roles of teachers, students and parents.

Corwin

Designed for those seriously considering fundamental change in their schools, this book includes material of interest not only to education boards, administrators and teachers but also to parents, students and community members. Topics explored include: the definition of restructuring; reasons to restructure; and how restructuring affects the curriculum, the classroom and the respective roles of teachers, students and parents.

Roadmap to Restructuring: Policies, Practices and the Emerging Visions of Schooling

Intl Society for Technology in educ

Understanding university success: A report from Standards for Success : a project of the Association of American Universities and the Pew Charitable Trusts

Center for Educational Policy Research

Create programs that prepare students for college, careers, and the new and challenging assessments of the Common Core State Standards Written for all educators but with an emphasis on those at the secondary level, this important resource shows how to develop programs that truly prepare students for both the Common Core assessments and for college and career readiness. Based on multiple research studies conducted by Conley as well as experience he has gained from working with dozens of high schools that succeed with a wide range of students, the book provides specific strategies for teaching the CCSS in ways that improve readiness for college and careers for the full range of students. <ul>
<li>Draws from research-based models for creating programs for high school students that will ensure readiness for tests and for college and beyond</li> <li>Includes strategies and practices for teachers to help students develop postsecondary preparedness</li> <li>Is the third in a series of books on readiness written by David Conley, including College Knowledge and College and Career Ready
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Teachers can use this valuable resource to understand the "big picture" behind the Common Core State Standards, how to teach to them in ways that prepare students for new, challenging assessments being implemented over the next few years and, more importantly, how to help all students be ready for learning beyond high school.

Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core: What Every Educator Needs to Know

Higher & Continuing Education

The Promise and Practice of Next Generation Assessment (Assessment, Accountability, & Achievement Series)

In The Promise and Practice of Next Generation Assessment, David T. Conley presents the case for a new, comprehensive system of assessment using different measurements for different purposes. Changes in the purposes of education, he argues, demand forms of assessment that go beyond merely ranking students to supporting the ambitious aim of helping all students meet career and college readiness goals. Conley describes the interplay between assessment and learning, and shows how “next generation” approaches can produce results that are more effective in informing classroom instruction. Acknowledging the complexity and limitations of many of these novel approaches, he suggests that rather than relying on a system built on a single measure—high-stakes, multiple-choice tests—what is needed is a system that draws on a more diverse portfolio of personalized assessments. Conley provides several examples of programs, schools, and districts that are piloting next generation approaches, and describes the opportunities and implementation challenges involved in making this shift. With decades of experience in learning and assessment, Conley outlines how next generation models can support ambitious learning for all students.

Harvard Education Press

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Books by Conley, David T.

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College and Career Ready: Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready

College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready

Are You Ready to Restructure?: A Guidebook for Educators, Parents, and Community Members

Are You Ready to Restructure?: A Guidebook for Educators, Parents, and Community Members

Roadmap to Restructuring: Policies, Practices and the Emerging Visions of Schooling

Understanding university success: A report from Standards for Success : a project of the Association of American Universities and the Pew Charitable Trusts

Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core: What Every Educator Needs to Know

The Promise and Practice of Next Generation Assessment (Assessment, Accountability, & Achievement Series)

The Promise and Practice of Next Generation Assessment (Assessment, Accountability, & Achievement Series)